It's Throw Back Thursday, a day when many genealogists and bloggers post photos from earlier years.
I love this photo of my dad, Cecil McGinnis, taken ca 1918 when he was just 2 years old. It's the only photo I've ever seen of him before his marriage to my mother.
You can see that I cropped it from a larger group photo. Today I opened it in Picasa and created what is called a Museum Matte to surround it and make it look like it is behind glass.
The original large group photo and the original cropped photo remain untouched - no changes were made to them. It's a good idea when playing with old photos to always make a copy and never alter the original.
I miss my dad. He died Christmas Day when I was just barely 14 years old. He was just 47 years old
Here's to you dad, you were taken from us at far too young an age.
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| Walter Fuller ca 1916 |
My grandfather Charles Fuller was born in Ramsgate England in 1893. He died young at the age of 48 in Guelph Ontario. In an odd twist of fate, his younger brother Walter, who was born in 1912 is still with us. Uncle Wally is now 102 years old!
How I wish that Uncle Wally was not deaf as a stone because I sure would love to ask him questions about my grandfather and his parents and grandparents.
Can you imagine the stories that Uncle Wally could tell?
